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Press Release – From FestPac to West Pac, Guam Governor Remains Focused on Ocean Resources, Island Ancestors

by wpcouncil | Jun 9, 2016 | News and Updates, Press Releases

TUMON BAY, GUAM (9 June 2016) The Honorable Eddie Calvo, Governor of Guam, opened the 166th meeting of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council today in Tumon Bay, Guam, with words of respect and love for the ocean. “We have limited land spaces and a...

Press Release – Fishery Management Council Acts on CNMI Request to Help with Sea Turtle, Shark Issues

by wpcouncil | Jun 7, 2016 | News and Updates, Press Releases, Protected Species

COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLAND (7 March 2016) The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council today in Saipan responded to the request by  Victor Hocog, Acting Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), for  assistance to...

Press Release – CNMI Lt. Gov. Hocog Asks Fishery Management Council to Collaborate on Three Key Issues

by wpcouncil | Jun 7, 2016 | News and Updates, Press Releases

COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLAND (6 March 2016) Acting Gov. Victor Hocog of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) today asked the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council to work with the Commonwealth to address regulations that...

Council Sends Letter to President Obama about NWHI monument expansion request

by wpcouncil | May 12, 2016 | General, News and Updates, Press Releases

On April 8, 2016, the Western Pacific Regional Fishery  Management Council wrote to President Obama regarding a January 2016 request to expand the expand the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument (PMNM) around the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI). Click...

Press Release – US Pacific Island Fishery Scientists to Review 2015 Fishery Performance

by wpcouncil | Apr 7, 2016 | News and Updates, Press Releases

HONOLULU (7 April 2016) Fishery scientists from American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and Hawaii will join NOAA scientists next week to review last year’s performance of federally managed fisheries in the Western Pacific Region....

Press Release – Fishery Management Council Addresses Fisheries of American Samoa, Hawaii, Guam (17 March 2016)

by wpcouncil | Mar 17, 2016 | General, News and Updates, Press Releases

HONOLULU (17 March 2016) The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, this week in Honolulu, recommended a suite of management decisions and recommendations for the near and offshore fisheries of American Samoa, Hawaii and Guam. They include the following,...
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